Tag: Bernardini

Gun Runner’s Bramito Skims Slop To Maiden Victory

10th-Ellis, $120,000, Msw, 7-2, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:23.02, sy, 2 1/4 lengths.
BRAMITO (c, 3, Gun Runner–R Gypsy Gold {MSW & GISP, $271,417}, by Bernardini) trailed early as the 5-2 shot here in his debut. The dark bay colt took aim from fourth at a pair of leaders up the backstretch which included favorite Wild Thinker (Lord Nelson). Around the far turn, Bramito steadily began to reel in the pacesetters and with a rail ride down the lane, he surged ahead of the chalk at the sixteenth pole to go on to win by 2 1/4 lengths.

Second dam SW Broadway Gold (Seeking the Gold), not only produced the winner's dam, but she also is responsible for MGSW Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro) and GISP & MGSW Broadway's Alibi (Vindication), who is responsible for GI Breeders' Cup Sprint hero Elite Power (Curlin). Bramito has a pair of filly full-siblings, including a 2-year-old and a new foal as of Mar. 14. Sales History: $75,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $400,000 2yo '22 FTFMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-John C. Oxley; B-Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen.

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West Will Power Holds Off Rattle N Roll in Stephen Foster

Gary and Mary West homebred West Will Power (h, 6, Bernardini–Wild Promises, by Wild Event) punched his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Classic with a half-length victory over the streaking Rattle N Roll (Connect) in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Stephen Foster S. at Ellis Park.

The 2-1 favorite sat a perfect, stalking trip beneath Flavien Prat in second through fractions of :23.74 and :46.97. He hit the front right outside of the quarter pole, set sail for home and stayed on to hold the fast-finishing Rattle N Roll safe. Longshot Happy American (Runhappy) was third.

The Stephen Foster, originally slated for Churchill Downs, is the first Grade I race in history to take place at Ellis Park.

“I think he can handle a mile-and-a-quarter in the Breeders' Cup Classic,” winning trainer Brad Cox said. “I was much more confident with him getting a target to track off in this race. We'll see how the figures come back, but I'm very proud of the way this horse has developed. It's a credit to the Wests and this horse to have the patience to improve with age. It's taken him a while to get to this level. It's really cool to go down in the history books by winning the first Grade I in the history of Ellis Park.”

West Will Power, second in last year's GI Clark S., posted a powerful victory with a career-high 109 Beyer Speed Figure in the GII New Orleans Classic S. Mar. 25. He entered off a third-place finish as the favorite in the GII Alysheba S. May 5.

“He was cruising all the way around there,” Prat said. “He just carried me home to the wire down the stretch. I was really impressed by the way he won this winter at Fair Grounds in the New Orleans Classic. It was a different setup last time out in the Alysheba. He came back here to Ellis and the race shape was much more to his style.”

Pedigree Notes:

West Will Power becomes the 17th Grade I winner for Bernardini. Grade III winner Wild Promises, a half-sister to MGSW Icy Atlantic (Stormy Atlantic) hailing from the extended female family of MGISW Jolie's Halo (Halo), had only one foal after West Will Power, an unraced 4-year-old filly named Cross Your Heart (Curlin). Wild Promises, a $200,000 KEENOV purchase by the Wests in 2012, brought $3,700 from Pam Schutz at the 2018 KEENOV sale.

Saturday, Ellis Park
STEPHEN FOSTER S.-GI, $1,000,000, Ellis, 7-1, 4yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:47.93, ft.
1–WEST WILL POWER, 124, h, 6, by Bernardini
      1st Dam: Wild Promises (GSW, $699,610), by Wild Event
      2nd Dam: Frosty Promise, by Frosty the Snowman
      3rd Dam: Has Promise, by Skip Trial
1ST GRADE I WIN. O-Gary and Mary West; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Flavien Prat. $599,260. Lifetime Record: MGSW, 17-7-7-1, $1,745,390. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Rattle N Roll, 124, c, 4, Connect–Jazz Tune, by Johannesburg. ($55,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $210,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Lucky Seven Stable (Mackin); B-St. Simon Place (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $196,600.
3–Happy American, 124, g, 5, Runhappy–Queen of America, by Quiet American. 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($385,000 Ylg '19 KEESEP). O-Lothenbach Stables, Inc. (Bob Lothenbach); B-Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Neil L. Pessin. $97,300.
Margins: HF, 1HF, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.07, 6.90, 48.94.
Also Ran: Last Samurai, Smile Happy, Stilleto Boy, Speed Bias, Proxy. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs.

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Coal Front Represented By First Winner

1st-Evangeline Downs, $28,100, Msw, 6-15, 2yo, 4 1/2f, :53.84, ft, 4 1/2 lengths.
GOOD AND STOUT (c, 2, Coal Front–Ready Witted, by More Than Ready) failed to meeting his reserve on a final bid of $117,000 at this April's OBS Sale but was attained privately and earned heavy 3-5 favoritism in this scratched-down debut facing just a pair of rivals. Second of the three through the early running, he began to eat into Hymn for Carlos's (Custom for Carlos) advantage with a furlong to run, and took over from that foe to draw away late for the 4 1/2-length win. This is the extended family of MGISW Love and Pride (A.P. Indy) while third dam Ile de France is a half-sister to champion 3-year-old colt and late sire Bernardini (A.P. Indy). Ready Witted foaled a colt by Mor Spirit this year. Good and Stout is his freshman sire's (by Stay Thirsty) first winner. Coal Front stands at Spendthrift Farm for $5,000 S&N. Sales History: $55,000 Ylg '22 OBSOCT; $117,000 RNA 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $18,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG. O-Whispering Oak Farms; B-Adcock's Red River Farm, LLC & Hume Wornall (LA); T-Steven B. Flint.

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Virtual Reality Game on Debut at Belmont Park

4th-Belmont, $90,000, Msw, 5-28, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:25.06, ft, neck.
VIRTUAL REALITY (f, 3, Cloud Computing–Miss Malibu Style, by Malibu Moon) had been on the work tab religiously since the middle of February, and put it all together here at first asking, finishing best of the inexperienced runners in the field. Breaking inward at the jump, Manny Franco was able to correct her but wound up three wide before jostling with eventual third-place finisher Ms. Solveig (Bernardini) as that one steadily inched closer to the rail. The bumper cars came to a head when Virtual Reality ended up eased back at the half-mile pole in order to get racing room on the outside of that rival. Swinging five wide into the stretch, she gamely surged by her early accoster in the final furlong and nailed Risk Free (American Freedom) in the closing jumps by a neck. The first surviving offspring to the races for Miss Malibu Style, Virtual Reality has a 2-year-old half-sister Miss Maximus (Maximus Mischief) as well as a yearling half-brother by Honest Mischief. Their dam had been bred back to that stallion for 2023. Sales history: $45,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP; $300,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $49,500. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Mark A. Toothaker & Allen Poindexter (KY); T-Chad C. Brown.

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